Brief Definitions
Politics – the expression of the will of the state in terms of formulating policies for control, allocation, and use of resources.
Public administration – the execution of the will of the state by carrying out that policy.
Politics administration dichotomy – is a theory that constructs boundaries between political and administrative functions and holds that political interference in administration would erode the opportunity for administrative efficiency, and that the policymaking activities of government ought to be wholly separated from the administrative functions.
Introduction
The predominance of extant knowledge relating to the politics–administration dichotomy has almost exclusively been derived from wealthy, advanced democracies. However, in stark contrast, only scant research attention has been given to understanding this dichotomy and...
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Singh, G., Slack, N., Sharma, S. (2021). Politics–Administration Dichotomy: Insight from a Developing Country. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_4217-1
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